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Letters .Patent No. 82,174, dated September 1, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH D. Srnurona'nd THOMAS WILSON, of Mackinaw, in the county of Tazewell, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuablelmprovement in Presses for Cheese, Cider, and the like; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed-drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in adding, to the ordinary screw and head-block in common use, a cam and lever, for the purpose of enabling the operator to give a constant and uniform pressure upon the lower side ofthe commodity to be pressed. l

'lheV frame of o ur press is made in the usual form, as shown on the drawings. The letter A is the ordinary screw and lever; B, the head-block; C, the. movable platform, and Drthe cheese or other thing to be pressed.

The letters E and Gr are, respectively, rollers adjusted in the sides of the frame as shown, one immediately above, and the other immediately below the ca'm next mentioned. v I v The letter'H is a cam constructed in the form represented, and adjusted by its respective ends to the side pieces of the frame, between the rollers E and Gr. One end of thiscam extends outward through the frame, as shown at K, where it is bored out to receive the lever L.

Letter L is a lever passing through the extended end of cam H, outside the frame. A wide groove or tuor-4 tise is cut in the frame-sides, where the ends oi' the cam are inserted to allow space for the movement of said cam therein upward and downward. This mortise is shown at O.

The roller vE above mentioned is attached at each end toa sliding horizontal beam, each of which said beams rests against the lower side of the movable platform C, and they unitedly'formthe support thereof. These sliding beams are marked P on the drawings. They are held in place at each end by brackets nailed on the outside of the frame, as represented on the drawings.

Our press is operated, in the usual manner, by the screw and lever A, but'in addition thereto we operate it by the cam H andv lever L.

When only the lever and screw A is used, the pressure is created, and then it remains stationary until the power is applied again. Ifa cheese be inthe press, constant care and watchfulness are requiredon the part of the operator to keep up a pressure that shall approximate to uniformity, and for want of such care and watchfulness cheese is frequently injured.

By the use of our cam-and-lever.arrangement all such watchfulness is rendered unnecessary. We apply a weight to the end of lever L, and thereby insure a`steady and uniform pressure upon the cheese, whether it is watched or not.

By adjusting the lever and screw A in the proper manner, and applying a suitable weightto the end of lever L, no further attention is required until the cheese is ready to beremoved from the press.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv A cheese-press having attached 'thereto the Ycam H, lever K, rollers E and G, and sliding beams P, constructed and arranged substantially as specied. Y

' JOSEPH D. STRATTON,

THOMASv WILSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. PUTERBAUGH, FRANK PURPLE. 

